Description

Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering science that deals with physics and chemistry applied mathematics and economics to generate, convert, transport and use chemicals and energy. This ties in with process plant design from a practical and functional perspective as the delivery of liquids alone is as critical as understanding chemical engineering as an industry professional.
Chemical engineers apply their chemistry and engineering skills to transform raw materials into utilizable goods, like medicines, fuels, chemicals and plastics. They are also involved in research. They also design and perform experimental researches to make new and better customs of production of chemicals, controlling harmful effects, conserving the resources.
The main aim of this course is to ensure students understand the technical concepts involved in chemical engineering and plant layout, process and piping design. This will enhance students’ practical skillset through a multidisciplinary learning experience. This course will also help the students to acquire knowledge on chemical engineering theory and concepts with practical examples for context and applicability.

WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE

Chemical engineers

Plant engineers

Petrochemical Engineers

Consulting Engineers

Engineering managers

Maintenance Engineers/technicians

Project Engineer

Process control engineer

COURSE OUTLINE
PLANT LAYOUT AND PIPING DESIGN

Basic concepts

Processing facilities

Equipment and piping

DESIGN OF PROCESS PLANT

Factors to be considered

Design tasks

Required Qualifications and skills

Thumb rules

Common Abbreviations

PROCEDURES AND THE WORKFLOW METHODS

Physical quantities and units used in design

Associated Organizations

CHEMICAL PROCESS

Objectives

Principles

Unit operations and Unit processes with examples

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS

Types

Icons and example

Steam information table

Utilities – heating and cooling

Equipment Specs

MASS BALANCE

fundamental material balance equation

procedure for performing material balance

Practical Exercise problems - reactive systems

unsteady state systems

combustion process

ENERGY BALANCE

Fundamental material balance equation

Practical Exercise problems - closed systems, for open systems

IDEAL GAS LAW

Ideal Gas equation

Universal Gas constant

Ideal gas mixtures

Practical problems

I AND II LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS

Applications to pumps

Turbines and compressors

Practical problems

Vapor - liquid equilibrium

Chemical equilibrium

FLUID

Basic concepts

Fluid properties

Practical problems

FLUID FLOWS

Fluid pressure

Continuity equation

Volume and velocity

Laminar and turbulent flows

Reynolds number

Friction factor and Pressure drop

Bernoulli’s equation

PUMP

Pump basics

Types

Sizing and performance curves

Power calculation

Pump Affinity laws

NPSH

PUMP LAYOUT

Design considerations

Installation

Pump locations

Configuration

Pump data sheet

Flow meters

HEAT TRANSFER

Conduction – basics

Multi-layer conduction

Conduction through cylindrical wall

Problems on convection

CONVECTION AND RADIATION

Convection mechanism

overall heat transfer coefficient

dimensionless numbers

heat transfer correlations

Problems on convection

Radiation - heat transfer equation

Emissivity

Problems on Radiations

HEAT EXCHANGERS

Types

Simple calculations

LMTD

Shell and Tube Heat exchanger

Fouling factors

Design principles

Data sheet

Layout and piping

Maintenance

MASS TRANSFER

Mass transfer coefficients

Inter-phase mass transfer and equilibrium relationships

Two-film resistance theory

Overall mass transfer coefficients

Applications

GAS ABSORPTION

Design procedures of packed towers for Gas absorption with problem

DISTILLATION

Basics

Distillation column nomenclature

McCabe-Thiele method,

PROCESS EQUIPMENT AND PSYCHROMETRICS

Towers

Design/Layout parameters for Towers

Air-water vapor mixture

Specific humidity,

Psychrometric chart

Practical Problem

CHEMICAL KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN

Terminology

Order of reaction

Fractional conversion

Types of reactors

Design equations for Reactor

Batch reactor

Mixed flow CSTR reactor

Plug flow reactor PFR

PROCESS CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION

P&ID Basics and information

Terminologies

Instruments abbreviations

P&ID Legend sources

Equipment classes

Locally mounted instruments

Symbols used

Remote control

Control valve manifolds

Need for process control

MATERIALS

Basic properties

Ductile to brittle transition

Factors affecting material property

Material classification systems and specifications

Trade names

Common ASTM piping materials

PIPING SPECIFICATIONS

Material selection

Process requirements

Economics

Quality control

Material testing and certificates

PLANT/PIPING DESIGN

Plot Plans

Development of plot plans

Structure Mounted vertical arrangement

Guidelines

Pipe racks

Documents

Tools used

Importance of Drawings and documents

Equipment list, piping codes, 3-D Models

FUNDAMENTALS OF PIPING SYSTEM

Pipe materials

Manufacturing methods

Joining methods

Dimensions

PIPE FITTINGS

Purpose

Fitting end preparations

Elbows

Reducers

Welded Tees

Threadolet and laterolet

Screwed and socket weld fittings

Pipe nipples

FLANGES

Purpose

Pressure class ratings

Facings

Types

Applications

Gaskets

Bolts

VALVES

Function

Selection criteria

Valve elements and its types

Valve operators

Valve actuators

Chain actuators

Investment

Plan Name

Investment

Unlimited Access for 2 Years:

US$ 299

Instructor

Dr Srinivas Shastri

Srinivas has worked in a variety of roles ranging from process engineering to academia and has gained experience in a number of areas. He has worked across cultures in India, Singapore, New Zealand and Aaustralia.

Srinivas started off as a process engineer and then moved to industrial research culminating in the development of a model of the complex hydrometallurgical process of hydrogen reduction of nickel. as a research engineer, Srinivas worked on an optimization solution for a refinery in Singapore before embarking on research into alarm Management. The software was successfully implemented in a large refinery, and the research group has spun off into a company. In a faculty role, he had the pleasure of mentoring and developing young engineers while continuing to build strong links with industry. Entering the alternative energy industry, he led the modelling effort of the shale to liquid process and significantly contributed to the design of a 115,000 bpd commercial facility.

Srinivas is currently developing, in addition to traditional process engineering support, areas of alternative energy technologies, scoping studies, and is actively involved in Business Development.

Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering science that deals with physics and chemistry applied mathematics and economics to generate, convert, transport and use chemicals and energy. This ties in with process plant design from a practical and functional perspective as the delivery of liquids alone is as critical as understanding chemical engineering as an industry professional.
Chemical engineers apply their chemistry and engineering skills to transform raw materials into utilizable goods, like medicines, fuels, chemicals and plastics. They are also involved in research. They also design and perform experimental researches to make new and better customs of production of chemicals, controlling harmful effects, conserving the resources.
The main aim of this course is to ensure students understand the technical concepts involved in chemical engineering and plant layout, process and piping design. This will enhance students’ practical skillset through a multidisciplinary learning experience. This course will also help the students to acquire knowledge on chemical engineering theory and concepts with practical examples for context and applicability.

WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE

Chemical engineers

Plant engineers

Petrochemical Engineers

Consulting Engineers

Engineering managers

Maintenance Engineers/technicians

Project Engineer

Process control engineer

COURSE OUTLINE
PLANT LAYOUT AND PIPING DESIGN

Basic concepts

Processing facilities

Equipment and piping

DESIGN OF PROCESS PLANT

Factors to be considered

Design tasks

Required Qualifications and skills

Thumb rules

Common Abbreviations

PROCEDURES AND THE WORKFLOW METHODS

Physical quantities and units used in design

Associated Organizations

CHEMICAL PROCESS

Objectives

Principles

Unit operations and Unit processes with examples

PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAMS

Types

Icons and example

Steam information table

Utilities – heating and cooling

Equipment Specs

MASS BALANCE

fundamental material balance equation

procedure for performing material balance

Practical Exercise problems - reactive systems

unsteady state systems

combustion process

ENERGY BALANCE

Fundamental material balance equation

Practical Exercise problems - closed systems, for open systems

IDEAL GAS LAW

Ideal Gas equation

Universal Gas constant

Ideal gas mixtures

Practical problems

I AND II LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS

Applications to pumps

Turbines and compressors

Practical problems

Vapor - liquid equilibrium

Chemical equilibrium

FLUID

Basic concepts

Fluid properties

Practical problems

FLUID FLOWS

Fluid pressure

Continuity equation

Volume and velocity

Laminar and turbulent flows

Reynolds number

Friction factor and Pressure drop

Bernoulli’s equation

PUMP

Pump basics

Types

Sizing and performance curves

Power calculation

Pump Affinity laws

NPSH

PUMP LAYOUT

Design considerations

Installation

Pump locations

Configuration

Pump data sheet

Flow meters

HEAT TRANSFER

Conduction – basics

Multi-layer conduction

Conduction through cylindrical wall

Problems on convection

CONVECTION AND RADIATION

Convection mechanism

overall heat transfer coefficient

dimensionless numbers

heat transfer correlations

Problems on convection

Radiation - heat transfer equation

Emissivity

Problems on Radiations

HEAT EXCHANGERS

Types

Simple calculations

LMTD

Shell and Tube Heat exchanger

Fouling factors

Design principles

Data sheet

Layout and piping

Maintenance

MASS TRANSFER

Mass transfer coefficients

Inter-phase mass transfer and equilibrium relationships

Two-film resistance theory

Overall mass transfer coefficients

Applications

GAS ABSORPTION

Design procedures of packed towers for Gas absorption with problem

DISTILLATION

Basics

Distillation column nomenclature

McCabe-Thiele method,

PROCESS EQUIPMENT AND PSYCHROMETRICS

Towers

Design/Layout parameters for Towers

Air-water vapor mixture

Specific humidity,

Psychrometric chart

Practical Problem

CHEMICAL KINETICS AND REACTOR DESIGN

Terminology

Order of reaction

Fractional conversion

Types of reactors

Design equations for Reactor

Batch reactor

Mixed flow CSTR reactor

Plug flow reactor PFR

PROCESS CONTROL AND INSTRUMENTATION

P&ID Basics and information

Terminologies

Instruments abbreviations

P&ID Legend sources

Equipment classes

Locally mounted instruments

Symbols used

Remote control

Control valve manifolds

Need for process control

MATERIALS

Basic properties

Ductile to brittle transition

Factors affecting material property

Material classification systems and specifications

Trade names

Common ASTM piping materials

PIPING SPECIFICATIONS

Material selection

Process requirements

Economics

Quality control

Material testing and certificates

PLANT/PIPING DESIGN

Plot Plans

Development of plot plans

Structure Mounted vertical arrangement

Guidelines

Pipe racks

Documents

Tools used

Importance of Drawings and documents

Equipment list, piping codes, 3-D Models

FUNDAMENTALS OF PIPING SYSTEM

Pipe materials

Manufacturing methods

Joining methods

Dimensions

PIPE FITTINGS

Purpose

Fitting end preparations

Elbows

Reducers

Welded Tees

Threadolet and laterolet

Screwed and socket weld fittings

Pipe nipples

FLANGES

Purpose

Pressure class ratings

Facings

Types

Applications

Gaskets

Bolts

VALVES

Function

Selection criteria

Valve elements and its types

Valve operators

Valve actuators

Chain actuators

Plan Name

Investment

Unlimited Access for 2 Years:

US$ 299

Dr Srinivas Shastri

Srinivas has worked in a variety of roles ranging from process engineering to academia and has gained experience in a number of areas. He has worked across cultures in India, Singapore, New Zealand and Aaustralia.

Srinivas started off as a process engineer and then moved to industrial research culminating in the development of a model of the complex hydrometallurgical process of hydrogen reduction of nickel. as a research engineer, Srinivas worked on an optimization solution for a refinery in Singapore before embarking on research into alarm Management. The software was successfully implemented in a large refinery, and the research group has spun off into a company. In a faculty role, he had the pleasure of mentoring and developing young engineers while continuing to build strong links with industry. Entering the alternative energy industry, he led the modelling effort of the shale to liquid process and significantly contributed to the design of a 115,000 bpd commercial facility.

Srinivas is currently developing, in addition to traditional process engineering support, areas of alternative energy technologies, scoping studies, and is actively involved in Business Development.